Taye Diggs joins ‘The Good Wife’

Taye Diggs has signed on for a guest-starring role on the upcoming season of ‘The Good Wife.’ Executive producers Robert and Michelle King said in a statement about the casting news: “We couldn’t be more excited to have Taye on the show. We’ve been huge fans for years, and love his ability to play comedy and drama with equal ease.”

Taye Diggs will play Dean Levine-Wilkins, a “meticulous and talented partner at Lockhart/Gardner,” who decides to join Diane (Christine Baranski) and accompany her to Florrick/Agos, the firm started by Alicia (Julianna Margulies) and Cary (Matt Czuchry).

Diggs will be featured on a multiple-episode storyline once “The Good Wife” returns on Sunday, September 21 at 9/8c on CBS. Taye can also be seen on his own TNT show, “Murder in the First.”